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Last of all he wrote to Sir Francis Vesey, as follows: "MY DEAR VESEY, On this day, in the good old city of Exeter, I have done what you so often have asked me to do. I have made my Will. It is drawn up entirely in my own handwriting, and has been duly declared correct and valid by a legal firm here, Messrs. Rowden and Owlett. Mr. Owlett and Mr.
Under the site of the tree a square hole was revealed, and an exciseman went and looked down. 'It is all up now, said Owlett quietly. 'And now all of ye get down before they notice we are here; and be ready for our next move. I had better bide here till dark, or they may take me on suspicion, as 'tis on my ground. I'll be with ye as soon as daylight begins to pink in. 'And I? said Lizzy.
'They have got 'em, 'a b'lieve, said Owlett. The interest in the movements of the officers was so keen that not a single eye was looking in any other direction; but at that moment a shout from the church beneath them attracted the attention of the smugglers, as it did also of the party in the orchard, who sprang to their feet and went towards the churchyard wall.
Owlett and one or two others picked up the burst tub and began to scrape and trample over the spot, to disperse the liquor as much as possible; and then they all entered the gate of Owlett's orchard, which adjoined Lizzy's garden on the right. Stockdale did not care to follow them, for several on recognizing him had looked wonderingly at his presence, though they said nothing.
'But you have some in the orchard? 'Owlett rents that of me, and he lends it to others. So it will be hard to say who put any tubs there if they should be found. There was never such a tremendous sniffing known as that which took place in Nether-Moynton parish and its vicinity this day. All was done methodically, and mostly on hands and knees.
"Very right very proper!" murmured Mr. Owlett, as he took the offered document from Helmsley's hand and opened it "Um um! let me see! " Here he read aloud "I, David Helmsley, um um! Helmsley Helmsley! that's a name that I seem to have heard somewhere! David Helmsley! yes! why that's the name of a multi-millionaire! ha-ha-ha! A multi-millionaire! That's curious!
'Is this what you meant the other day when you spoke of having business with Owlett? the young man asked. 'This is it, she replied. 'I never see him on any other matter. 'A partnership of that kind with a young man is very odd. 'It was begun by my father and his, who were brother-laws.
Helmsley obeyed, sitting down in a chair near the door, and smiling to himself at the evidences of slack business which the offices of Messrs. Rowden and Owlett presented. In about five minutes the boy returned, and gave him a confidential nod. "You can go in now," he said; "Mr.
Helmsley paused, considering a moment then, making up his mind that "Rowden and Owlett" would suit his purpose as well as any other equally unknown firm, he slowly climbed the steep and unwashed stair. Opening the first door at the top of the flight, he saw a small boy leaning both arms across a large desk, and watching the gyrations of two white mice in a revolving cage.
As soon as it was done, she said to them, 'The place is the old one near Lulstead Cove; the men till that moment not having been told whither they were bound, for obvious reasons. 'Owlett will meet you there, added Lizzy. 'I shall follow behind, to see that we are not watched. The carriers went on, and Stockdale and Mrs. Newberry followed at a distance of a stone's throw.
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